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The Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean due to overuse from farming and evaporation in reservoirs, and the construction of over 100 dams along its basin. It last flowed into the Sea of Cortez in 1998 and no longer reaches the delta. The river supplies water to 36 million Americans but its decreasing flow endangers fish species and prevents it from replenishing the delta ecosystem. Overuse of water for agriculture and reservoirs, as well as dams, have caused the river to dry up instead of maintaining
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